Small Upgrade (£200)

Loxa

Loxa

Loxa

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Hi, looking to do a small upgrade between a new SSD or Memory (not sure which would be more beneficial). Budget is around £200 so not looking in to a CPU/GPU.

-Dominator Platinum 16GB (2x8GB) DDR4 PC4-25600C16 3200MHz Dual Channel Kit (CMD16GX4M2B3200C

-970 PRO Polaris 512GB M.2 2280 PCI-e 3.0 x4 NVMe Solid State Drive
 
Jamin280672 said:
Ask yourself, do you need 32gb of ram ? it doesn't bring anymore performance increase, so which would benefit you more, or is it for aesthetic purposes ?

The nvme will bring a performance increase.
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Im stuck in the limbo of i want an upgrade but with limited money, was leaning towards the SSD because as you asked do i need 32GB of memory (not really). Wasn't sure if the upgrade from Intel 750 series would give me any noticbale improvement or not.
 
I sell all my old parts on the members market :).

Never went for a 1080ti or later gen CPU because the performance gains were so small compared to price, i mean yeah a second hand 1080ti maybe but i still play at 1080p so not really worth it (a 980ti at 1080p is still over doing it).
 
lee32uk said:
If you want more SSD storage I would grab one of these. Both are solid drives.


My basket at Overclockers UK:
Total: £339.48 (includes shipping: £10.50)
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More about the speed than the storage for me, i don't use a lot of space, i understand from the Intel 750 series to a newer M.2 i might not notice a difference in performance other than benchmarks. Was curious.

If i upgraded to a M.2 i would most likely sell the 750 series.
 
Vidar said:
What's making you want to upgrade? It doesn't sound like you're struggling for frames in games. Is it just you've got some cash and itch you need to scratch? What are you looking to achieve?
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Yeah you caught me lol, have not done an upgrade in some time and was looking to see what i could.
 
Vidar said:
It's the only answer that really matters, welcome home brother! Haha

What monitor do you have? I know its 1080p but is it 60hz or more? Gsync or Freesync? I'd personally try and replace the monitor if you don't have a 144hz gsync panel. You'd definitely see a difference there, if you have one already I'd definitely sell your gpu and get a 1070ti. That way you'll be tempted to go 1440p and have another itch that needs scratching
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I have a BenQ XL2411T (144hz) & LG E2351 (60hz), was thinking about a new monitor a while back (1440p) but wasn't sure how the 980ti would handle it.
 
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